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The View | This one predictable trend will emerge from Donald Trump’s shock election victory

Stephen Vines
Stephen Vines

The View | How race and identity divide America: the Republican transformation

Richard Wong
Richard Wong

Mind the Gap | Donald Trump’s rise explained by need for economic revolution

Peter Guy
Peter Guy

Mind the Gap | Trump TV may be the inevitable outcome of The Donald’s candidacy

Peter Guy
Peter Guy

The View | Hillary Clinton is pretty much a slam dunk to become the next US President

Richard Harris
Richard Harris

Mind the Gap | Here’s why Donald Trump could still win on November 8

Peter Guy
Peter Guy

Abacus | Asia’s rise gives the lie to the inequality myth peddled by Trump and Clinton

Tom Holland
Tom Holland

My Take | Outfoxed by Hong Kong tycoons, Donald Trump has China chip on his shoulders

SCMP Columnist
Alex Lo
Alex Lo

The View | In spite of the gaffes, Donald Trump has a powerful anti-establishment message

Richard Harris
Richard Harris

My Take | If nothing else, at least Trump understands the folly of ‘empire’

SCMP Columnist
Alex Lo
Alex Lo

Explainer | What are the hacking accusations against China?

A broad group of countries have accused China of state-backed hacking. Photo: Reuters
  • Several countries accuse ‘cyber actors’ backed by the Chinese government of hacking the Microsoft Exchange email server
  • Allegations of Chinese cyberattacks are mounting, but Beijing has pointed the finger at the US as the matter becomes part of a broader rivalry
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Big data, Asian politics: colonialism or empathy in a digital age?

A Cambridge Analytica whistleblower has said firm had done “extensive” work in Indian politics in the past decade, but would not say if Prime Minister Narendra Modi was involved. Photo: Reuters 

As the big data scandal embroils politics from India to Indonesia and Malaysia and beyond, some say psychological profiling is getting out of control – others say it is just an old trick in a new form.

US needs China by its side to retain leadership of world

President-elect Donald Trump with Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, his pick for ambassador to China, at a rally in Des Moines on December 8. Branstad has known Chinese President Xi Jinping for more than 30 years. Photo: AP
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‘Russian hack’ is just long-time US foreign policy coming home to roost

Graffiti artwork depicts Russian President Vladimir Putin and then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump outside a bar in the old town in Vilnius, Lithuania, on October 30. Photo: AP
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Blame social media for the state of democracy today

A supporter of US President-elect Donald Trump attends the Zionist Organisation of America annual dinner, in New York, on November 20. Photo: EPA

Update | Former top US envoy to China Gary Locke on Trump, trade and strategic mistrust

How Trump might actually build on Obama’s US foreign policy legacy

Demonstrators gather in Los Angeles to protest against the election of Donald Trump as US president. Many Americans are anxious about the future and Trump’s fitness for office. Photo: AFP

The day Donald Trump took on the Chinese government – and lost

The Beijing ruling against Donald Trump’s lawsuit came only two days after he announced his candidacy in the US presidential election in June last year. Photo: AP

Heed the anger of the rebels among us, Hong Kong

A taxi in Tirana, Albania, is decorated with a picture of Donald Trump to celebrate his victory in the US election. Those who have been accused of elitist arrogance need to at least try to see things from their accusers’ point of view. Photo: Reuters

Will Asia disappear from the US radar under Trump?

Derwin Pereira says among the president-elect’s foreign policy priorities, US connections to Asia appear the most tenuous, and a shift away from the region would benefit China

US pivot to Asia ‘likely to continue on smaller scale’ under Trump

Observers say incoming administration will remain committed to allies, but will put less emphasis on the region
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Trump means business (in every sense)

President-elect Donald Trump pictured at a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida on November 5. Photo: Reuters

‘Impossible’ for Hong Kong chief executive to last 10 years in office, HKU pollster says, citing Trump win in US

Dr Robert Chung Ting-yiu pointed out how it was unprecedented in Hong Kong for a chief executive to complete two full terms in office. Photo: May Tse
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And so began the Great Age of Trump, with an agenda fuelled by social media and hunger for revolt

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hugs a the American flag as he arrives to speak to a campaign rally last month in Tampa, Florida. Photo: AP

Trump’s White House: attention turns to cabinet and transition, as reality of triumph sinks in

Will Trump’s key campaign aides - including daughter Ivanka, Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie - find a place among President-elect’s White House?

Trump, trade and the US pivot to Asia: what lies ahead?

Andrew So, director of HK Funny Clown Theatre, dressed as the Statue of Liberty, holds photos of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in downtown Hong Kong on Wednesday. Many observers expect some major changes to US foreign policy ­towards Asia during Trump’s presidency. Photo: David Wong

New | Fear sweeps through illegal migrants in US after Trump victory

Those in the shadows fear mass deportations as Trump will soon have names and addresses of those in US illegally

BlackRock says market turmoil from Trump upset win may cause Fed to push back US rate increase

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gives a speech during election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on November 8, 2016. Republican presidential elect Donald Trump stunned America and the world November 9, riding a wave of populist resentment to defeat Hillary Clinton in the race to become the 45th president of the United States. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON

Xi Jinping congratulates Trump on US election win, as president-elect calls for unity

Chinese leader Xi Jinping looks forward to working with Trump, who promises that Washington will get along with other nations
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Blacks and young voters fail to turn out for Clinton in swing state of Ohio

People queue up to vote in the Ohio town of Deerfield. The state went Republican. Photo: EPA

How Florida proved pivotal for Trump in the US presidential election

Trump supporters in Casselberry, Florida. Photo: SCOTT A. MILLER

Trump’s potshots at yuan on campaign trail unlikely to escalate into full currency attack, say experts

President-elect Donald Trump has called China the greatest currency manipulator, but criticism out of Washington against the yuan goes back a decade. Photo: Reuters

Experienced tough talker or avid China basher: is a Clinton or Trump presidency better for Beijing?

Americans dress up as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally in Naples, Florida, last month. Photo: Reuters
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How China reached out to Clinton’s campaign team

Some observers predict Kurt Campbell, architect of America’s pivot to Asia, will be next secretary of state

What’s the world to make of Donald Trump’s foreign policy advisers?

Republican presidential nominee’s Asia policy influenced by fierce critic of China

How awful are Trump and Clinton? Obama and Mitt Romney would crush them, poll suggests

Final Reuters/Ipsos survey gives Clinton a 90 per cent chance of winning

A Trump win remains possible, but would rely on an unlikely combination of events in several states
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New | Stock markets “normally” go nuts after US presidential election

Market mood turns volatile, but dust eventually settles